FNE kicks off its series of podcasts for the Year of German Central European Films 2024 with a podcast with Simone Baumann, managing director of Germans Films, who talks to FNE about the importance of the 70 years of German films that her organisation is celebrating this year.
FNE will be following this podcast with more in our series that will focus on German films in central and eastern European countries plus Cyprus and Malta, and our partner countries’ films screening in Germany, as well as news about coproductions and other special events.
FNE spoke to Simone Baumann, about the 70 Years of German Films project.
In 2024, German Films celebrates its 70 years anniversary. The Export Union der Deutschen Filmindustrie was founded in Wiesbaden in 1954, then was renamed German Films Service + Marketing GmbH in 2004 and has successfully been promoting German feature films and filmmakers around the world.
To put a special focus on 70 years of German cinema abroad, a film programme entitled “70 Years of German Cinema – A Success Story“ has been compiled as a retrospective, curated by Alfred Holighaus, development executive and producer at REAL FILM in Berlin and NORDFILM in Kiel, who selected a mixture of 14 feature films and documentaries. The aim of this film programme is to give German cinema abroad the special attention it so rightly deserves.
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Visit the special Year of German Central European Films 2024 page.
